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India has jumped above England – the team it thrashed by eight wickets in Delhi on Monday – to fourth in the One Day International rankings, the International Cricket Council said Tuesday.

England started the five-match ODI series in fourth position on 113 ratings points, but after losing twice to India it has slipped to 110 points, while world champion India has jumped from 112 to 115 points, the ICC said in a statement. Read More »

The Indian squad for two of the upcoming One-Day Internationals against England has been announced, and there are some notable absentees from the list as injury and lack of form have taken their toll.

Veteran off-spinner Harbhajan Singh is the most glaring omission, as he is fit and currently captaining the Mumbai Indians in the Champions League Twenty20 tournament, while others such as Yuvraj Singh and Virender Sehwag have been ruled out because of injury. Read More »

Yuvraj Singh after being dismissed during the second Test at Trent Bridge, Monday.

India may still be the world’s No.1 Test cricket team, but that title is slipping from its grasp faster than a fumbled catch, and the national captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni believes tiredness is one of the reasons.

“In 2011 we have played close to six-odd games and we have bowled 900 overs. That’s a lot of overs. If you see the Test match players–especially the bowlers–more often than not it’s the same bowlers who feature in the XI,” Dhoni said after the 319-run loss to England at Trent Bridge, which has left India trailing 0-2 in the four Test series. Read More »

India has announced its cricket squad for the upcoming Test match series in the West Indies and there are some notable absentees from the list.

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Cricket’s popularity in the Caribbean is in decline, and news that India is sending over a weakened squad will damage the sport there even more. It also begs the question; Is there simply too much cricket? Read More »

Gautam Gambhir will be unable to captain the national ODI team for the five-match series in the Caribbean.

Gautam Gambhir could become the latest member of India’s World Cup-winning team to miss the upcoming ODI series in the West Indies after picking up an injury while playing for his Indian Premier League franchise.

According to reports, Gambhir has been advised by the Kolkata Knight Riders’ physio to take four to six weeks rest, meaning that he’d be unable to captain the national ODI team for the five-match series in the Caribbean, which runs from June 6 to June 16. Read More »

Ganguly is a great cricketer, no doubt, but the bell is tolling on his playing career.

Shah Rukh Khan faced a barrage of criticism from fans of the Kolkata Knight Riders, the Indian Premier League franchise he co-owns, when he didn’t sign up local favorite Sourav Ganguly for this year’s tournament.

Gautam Gambhir will captain India’s limited-overs cricket team on the upcoming tour of the West Indies, the Board of Control for Cricket in India announced Friday.

Suresh Raina will be vice-captain of the squad, which is missing some of India’s biggest stars, including World Cup-winning captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, top batsman Sachin Tendulkar and bowler Zaheer Khan, who are being rested after a grueling run of tournaments and series.

All three will be available for the West Indies Test series, which follows the ODIs, the BCCI said on its website. India will play five ODIs against the West Indies from June 6 to June 16, followed by three Test matches on June 20, June 28 and July 6. Read More »

Chris Gayle celebrates his maiden IPL century, which he scored in his first match for Royal Challengers Bangalore against his former team, Kolkata Knight Riders.

The glitzy Indian Premier League got an extra injection of pizzazz over the Easter weekend with the arrival of West Indian star Chris Gayle, who carried out a timely crucifixion of the Kolkata Knight Riders, his team in previous seasons.

Gayle smashed 102 not out from just 55 balls in what was a very Good Friday for the Bangalore Royal Challengers. The franchise, owned by tycoon Vijay Mallya, won by nine wickets and now looks to be a major contender for this year’s title after struggling in the opening matches.

Who said 50-overs cricket is dead? The match billed as the biggest of the World Cup so far didn’t disappoint, as South Africa overcame the batting heroics of Sachin Tendulkar to beat India in a nerve-jangling final over.

Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir got the match roaring into life with some spectacular shots and at one stage the hosts were on 267 for 1, but then India let South Africa right back into contention with a horrific batting collapse in which it surrendered nine wickets in as many overs, scoring just 29 runs.

Dale Steyn took 5 for 50, restricting India to a total of 297, which the South Africans just managed to chase down thanks to fine batting from Jacques Kallis, AB de Villiers and Robin Peterson at the end. Read More »

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